Encounter Books

Encounter Books is a publisher of conservative books. It describes itself as "an activity of Encounter for Culture and Education, a tax exempt, non profit corporation" - which describes itself as "an editor, publisher and distributor for books related to democratic society which have no traditional means of publication."

Books Published by Encounter
Encounter has published books by:
 * Kate Coleman's The Secret Wars of Judi Bari: A Car Bomb, the Fight for the Redwoods, and the End of Earth First!, January 2005. ISBN 1893554740
 * Michael Fumento, Bio-Evolution: How Biotechnology Is Changing Our World, Encounter Books, October 2003.
 * Jessica Gavora her book was funded by the John M. Olin Foundation
 * David Horowitz and Peter Collier, The Anti-Chomsky Reader;
 * Myron Magnet
 * Ronald Radosh Commies: A Journey Through the Old Left, the New Left and the Leftover Left; and
 * Debra Saunders The Hillary Trap and The World According to Gore;
 * Roy W. Spencer, climate contrarian - Climate Confusion (2008), The Great Global Warming Blunder (2010), The Bad Science and Bad Policy of Obama's Global Warming Agenda (2010)
 * Peter W. Wood, climate contrarian president of the National Association of Scholars - Diversity: The Invention of a Concept (2002), A Bee in the Mouth: Anger in America Now (2006)

Funding
According to Media Transparency Encounter for Culture Foundation has received over $4.6 million from a total of 70 grants from foundations between 1991 and 2002. 

Foundations that have supported Encounter include conservative foundations such as:


 * John M. Olin Foundation
 * Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation
 * Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
 * JM Foundation
 * Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation
 * Philip M. McKenna Foundation

In 2003 the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation alone contributed $1,150,000 to Encounter Books from its "Intellectual Infrastructure" program.

Personnel
Source: Encounter Books About Us page
 * Roger Kimball Publisher (replaced Peter Collier in 2005)
 * Nola Tully Director of Operations
 * Cristina Guido Production and Acquisitions
 * Lauren Powers Senior staff

Contact details
Encounter Books 900 Broadway, Suite 400 New York, NY 10003 Phone: 212-871-6310 Toll free: 800-786-3839 Fax: 212-871-6311 Email: read AT encounterbooks.com Web: http://www.encounterbooks.com Contact Page: http://www.encounterbooks.com/contact/

External resources

 * Media Transparency, "Encounter for Culture and Education, Inc", undated, accessed December 2004.
 * The Bradley Foundation, "2003 Grants Awarded: Intellectual Infrastructure", 2003.

External articles

 * Mike Sweeney, "The Right Wing Attacks Judi Bari", undated, accessed December 2004.
 * The Nation, "The 'Right' Books and Big Ideas, by Eric Alterman, published November 22, 1999, accessed December 2004.
 * Bill Berkowitz, "Kate Coleman and Encounter Books take on Bari, Earth First!, and the 'dead-enders' of the environmental movement", DissidentVoice, March 10, 2005.